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we will not stop, we owe you big and it matters. across the country, many americans heard the nations call in the days after 9/11. and there are those who were just children, not even born yet when this happened. but when their time came to choose to serve, they did so not because they saw something but they felt something like many of you did. the same feeling that brought americans together on that fateful day. unity, and it should not take a national tragedy to remind us of the power of national unity. that is how we truly honor those we lost on 9/11. by remembering what we can do together, and remembering what marie -- we repaired, but was threatened that we fortified, what was attacked and that -- the american spirit prevailed overall. i met -- ordinary americans responding in unexpected ways. that is who you are. you are the greatest nation, that is the greatest lesson -- lesson of 9/11, not that we will never fail, but that there is nothing that we cannot accomplish when we defend with our hearts that which makes us unique in
we will not stop, we owe you big and it matters. across the country, many americans heard the nations call in the days after 9/11. and there are those who were just children, not even born yet when this happened. but when their time came to choose to serve, they did so not because they saw something but they felt something like many of you did. the same feeling that brought americans together on that fateful day. unity, and it should not take a national tragedy to remind us of the power of...
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we had a big discussion about setting the war aim. we announced ourselves what happens if there are a series of attacks of this kind. if our aim is to prevent the next attack, what are the consequences to the united states? immediately, we thought about the danger to the constitution. we thought about the fact that a series of terrorist attacks could transform the nature of our society. we had already taken prudent measures to close down air travel over the united states, to clamp down on the borders. there were all sorts of civil liberties issues involved. >these were just discussions. this was not anything that was turned into operations or executed. >> airplanes did land. borders were closed. >> one of the great stories of september 11 is the phenomenal work that the faa did to get all those airplanes safely on the ground. >> i remember a question that came up about whether the president have the authority to ground all the airplanes. the answer came back quickly from the faa. yes. >> that was from the lawyers at the faa. >> the st
we had a big discussion about setting the war aim. we announced ourselves what happens if there are a series of attacks of this kind. if our aim is to prevent the next attack, what are the consequences to the united states? immediately, we thought about the danger to the constitution. we thought about the fact that a series of terrorist attacks could transform the nature of our society. we had already taken prudent measures to close down air travel over the united states, to clamp down on the...
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. >> do you expect to still have a big constituency in your caucus looking for domestic discretionary cuts? >> yes. the caucus still wants to cut spending, and i support that. but the possible cuts to be made are going to have to come eventually from the mandatory field, because we simply don't have that much money in discretionary. if we cut it all out, it would make no difference. >> do you think you can cut the debt ceiling to the point it was the last time around? >> it is too early to talk about that. >> there was a push in the senate. i spoke with senator mccain yesterday who had an effort to diffuse this issue that was going to hit the pentagon. he and carl evan and several others were talking about a plan that might seek to replace the defense cuts. at long last, after all the fighting, raising some taxes. is that, do you think -- is such an idea -- would that be amenable in the house? is anyone talking about it do you think? as we get closer to the fiscal cliff, do you think it might become something people would be willing to consider? >> that remains to be seen. even in the
. >> do you expect to still have a big constituency in your caucus looking for domestic discretionary cuts? >> yes. the caucus still wants to cut spending, and i support that. but the possible cuts to be made are going to have to come eventually from the mandatory field, because we simply don't have that much money in discretionary. if we cut it all out, it would make no difference. >> do you think you can cut the debt ceiling to the point it was the last time around? >>...
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obviously, it has in a big newsweek. one of the digger items -- one of the bigger items for your party is that your caucus chairman lost a primary to a younger, more progressive challenger. i am kind of curious, what is your take on that and what it says about the dynamic in your party and what do you think that it says about the state of leadership in your caucus? what is your read on that and the willingness of your members to let nancy pelosi continue to serve as leader or speaker? rep. smith: look. this is frustrating for me, because it is really simple. it is think that happens throughout politics. all politics is local. you have to take care of your district. you have to be in your district. if you look at what happened in that race, that is what happens. it was not left or right. that the opponent ran was arguing about the fact his family tooved virginia, and that is where they live since he was elected in 1998. she ran a powerful ad saying his children don't go to the same schools that we do. she even got down to
obviously, it has in a big newsweek. one of the digger items -- one of the bigger items for your party is that your caucus chairman lost a primary to a younger, more progressive challenger. i am kind of curious, what is your take on that and what it says about the dynamic in your party and what do you think that it says about the state of leadership in your caucus? what is your read on that and the willingness of your members to let nancy pelosi continue to serve as leader or speaker? rep....
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the military does have a big footprint across the globe. they are there. you have to figure out a way to pay for them. isn't it difficult to make a d.o.d. budget with the drifting, undefined pentagon east. the isis issue has been a source all over d.c. here largely because the congress won't take up the issue of the authorization of new military force and the parameters of it. a white house has sent version of what they'd like to see, limiting the presidential operations to certain things. emocrats on capitol hill are saying it's too brad. republicans are saying it's too narrow. been stalled for about 18 months now. getting any t closer to a resolution on that hasas a result the congress with what they have. ost: mark is next on our military line. caller: mark, i have a question you. i would ask for you to explain listeners. platoon sergeant in union storm and i'm a democrat. i would just want to let the listeners know where i'm coming from. leo, what percentage of the goes to ion actually soldier and sailor pay? also in that budget if you the amount escri
the military does have a big footprint across the globe. they are there. you have to figure out a way to pay for them. isn't it difficult to make a d.o.d. budget with the drifting, undefined pentagon east. the isis issue has been a source all over d.c. here largely because the congress won't take up the issue of the authorization of new military force and the parameters of it. a white house has sent version of what they'd like to see, limiting the presidential operations to certain things....
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated powers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our responsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i t
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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the big questions how many broadcasters will be going out of business -- how many broadcasters will be wanting to bring this debate because it essentially means they will be going out of business. >> de you see any more time warner and verizon type of deals? >> they do not have any more spectrum, so that while has run dry. if we may see the people need spectrum going out and finding it where it still exists. that is where people got the cable spectrum was. at the end of the day, most of the spectrum is held by the government. in that case, the pentagon has its hand on most of it. if we are looking for more air waves, eventually, all roads lead back to the pentagon. they have acknowledged that. we have heard members of the administration essentially acknowledged that the government spectrum need to be repurchased for commercial use. what brendan is talking about is the shift in video over to cable connection and consuming it on a tablet computer or a smart phone. that is what is changing the moved in bandwidth. people are watching television on their iphone or their ipad. broadcasters c
the big questions how many broadcasters will be going out of business -- how many broadcasters will be wanting to bring this debate because it essentially means they will be going out of business. >> de you see any more time warner and verizon type of deals? >> they do not have any more spectrum, so that while has run dry. if we may see the people need spectrum going out and finding it where it still exists. that is where people got the cable spectrum was. at the end of the day,...
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i think purchasing is one of the big things. i heard a number yesterday that judge shook me to the court. how many people we have working in the pentagon buying things. the number that was given to me was 140,000. i went back to staff and said break this out for me. 29,000 are actually buying. i was meeting with a guy who is ahead of a major defense company. i said, i wonder how many people walmart has buying? they got the number for me. 150 people. if you want to sell something to walmart, you go to arkansas. you go in and take a number, like going into baskin-robbins, and wait in line, and then you go in and sell what you are trying to sell. i am not comparing buying shampoo on the shelf and walmart to buying an f-22. there is no comparison, but still, i think we probably can look at that, and then we have 10,000 attorneys at the department of defense. that may be little excessive. i am thinking, let's look. let's pick up every stone. did you ever build a house crystalline >> i have done some work on houses. >> i mean build a
i think purchasing is one of the big things. i heard a number yesterday that judge shook me to the court. how many people we have working in the pentagon buying things. the number that was given to me was 140,000. i went back to staff and said break this out for me. 29,000 are actually buying. i was meeting with a guy who is ahead of a major defense company. i said, i wonder how many people walmart has buying? they got the number for me. 150 people. if you want to sell something to walmart, you...
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that is a big part of what we have tried to make easy. particularly for traditional verticals. can be a blocker. dan: we are getting great audience questions. i want to go over to titus. what else is being done? what are automakers doing to change the way they manufacture vehicles? what else in addition to the bug bounty? titus: considering security at the design phase including all the other experts. understanding these are a connected system. we segment as much as we can. we engineer as best we can. the threats are evolving. we have to make sure we can respond very quickly. dan: we are getting some great questions from the audience. i will jump to one of these really quick. why are researchers offended by the word responsible versus coordinated? people may not understand the difference. casey: it is a term that gets a moral wording attached. that is the main reason. the term responsible has been abused. the reality is, the idea of this conversation has been happening for the last 15 years. this is not a new thing that is happening. it is just picking up a lot of steam. that w
that is a big part of what we have tried to make easy. particularly for traditional verticals. can be a blocker. dan: we are getting great audience questions. i want to go over to titus. what else is being done? what are automakers doing to change the way they manufacture vehicles? what else in addition to the bug bounty? titus: considering security at the design phase including all the other experts. understanding these are a connected system. we segment as much as we can. we engineer as best...
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big about the issues we have been talking about. this is what we have got to ocus on. >> in terms of those issues, are you expecting there to be a sequester? >> i hope not. the sequester we have this fiscal year has done san francisco damage to the military. most people do not appreciate how much military spending has already been cut before the sequestered kicks in. now you have sequester on top of the other cuts. t has had a real effect. there are going to have a summer and fall devoted to all of these ig issues. we cannot have more cuts to defense. when the world is getting even more dangerous and complex around us. think about the various threats from terrorism in syria. even to north korea and the cyber threats in the world. so cutting defense makes no sense. we have got to find another way. only about 18% of the federal budget but it has had to absorb 50% of the cut in sequestration. >> last year everyone said there is no way the sequester was going to happen. sure enough it happens. do you have any confidence that congress wi
big about the issues we have been talking about. this is what we have got to ocus on. >> in terms of those issues, are you expecting there to be a sequester? >> i hope not. the sequester we have this fiscal year has done san francisco damage to the military. most people do not appreciate how much military spending has already been cut before the sequestered kicks in. now you have sequester on top of the other cuts. t has had a real effect. there are going to have a summer and fall...
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big enough to fly an aircraft through. i had a letter to the editor three or four days after you did that saying you want to have a reward. a reward rather than a penalty. i still believe that. i am glad that you are on this money to talk about the other things. guest: thank you. it occurred to me that if they had hired a specialist company to examine the possible defects, they might not have found what they happen to find because of my flight. i watched the hearings on it, and the faa actually tracked me from the point of takeoff. the bug in the system was procedural, but i am confident that the whole has been plugged and i don't think anybody needs to be scared about the security of the country because of what i did. caller: good morning, thanks for taking my call. i definitely agree with this idea that there is too much money in politics, it is absolutely insane. i applaud your guest for what he did and the way he delivered his message. it brings attention to it, which i think we need as much of as we can get. special i
big enough to fly an aircraft through. i had a letter to the editor three or four days after you did that saying you want to have a reward. a reward rather than a penalty. i still believe that. i am glad that you are on this money to talk about the other things. guest: thank you. it occurred to me that if they had hired a specialist company to examine the possible defects, they might not have found what they happen to find because of my flight. i watched the hearings on it, and the faa actually...
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it is a big building. it is a big organization. we have a lot of different two-hour t itthis morning, we a v.t.c. everybody, we are not even in the three rooms anymore, in a bunch of different rooms calling and we went through a lot of those decisions being evaluated, and the decisions in the next few days. >> and the second question, on federal workers who are sick still coming in? >> we have very clear guidance, if you are sick, you should not come into work. if you see somebody who is sick, send them home. if they look like or sound like they need help, get medical help for them. you may be aware, we have a small clinic downstairs in the building and there's a variety of other military medical facilities around the d.c. area where folks can go for care depending on what they need. but this really starts with the individual, and i think it is not about policy at this point. it's about a shared commitment to minimize impact of this outbreak, and each of us individually has responsibility. if you are sick, or if you live with someo
it is a big building. it is a big organization. we have a lot of different two-hour t itthis morning, we a v.t.c. everybody, we are not even in the three rooms anymore, in a bunch of different rooms calling and we went through a lot of those decisions being evaluated, and the decisions in the next few days. >> and the second question, on federal workers who are sick still coming in? >> we have very clear guidance, if you are sick, you should not come into work. if you see somebody...
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senator franken: i firmly believe they would've been too big of a company. they would've been anti-competitive and not in the public interest. it would lead to higher prices for consumers. lest choice. -- less choice. >> is it because of the size of the merger? senator franken: the size and the pieces and parts of the different markets they had. 30% of cable between them. the d7 percent -- 57% of internet broadband. that is too big. i had a lot of content providers and networks come to me. said they were opposed to this deal. it gives you some idea of what happens when you get this big. they were afraid. they feared retribution. >> did comcast come to you? did they try to influence your opinion? senator franken: they did not. i had been against the comcast and nbc and universal purchased acquisition. for some of the same reasons. this is much worse as far as i was concerned. they knew i wasn't going to favor this. they did not try. i was opposed to this from the beginning. >> the fact that charter communications has been sniffing around time warner, is that
senator franken: i firmly believe they would've been too big of a company. they would've been anti-competitive and not in the public interest. it would lead to higher prices for consumers. lest choice. -- less choice. >> is it because of the size of the merger? senator franken: the size and the pieces and parts of the different markets they had. 30% of cable between them. the d7 percent -- 57% of internet broadband. that is too big. i had a lot of content providers and networks come to...
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smith said that will be a big issue for his committee. you start time is up, and you have senator inhofe who believes social issues should be part of the discussion. you can see some situations were a budget fight pops up in the military's budget is tied up in if transgender service members can serve. host: michael from illinois, retired military. good morning. caller: good morning. i agree with the report for two reasons. one political and one military. on the military side the situation is we would exhaust all our active duty people. we would exhaust our reserves thenational guard people in initial conflict with russia or china. theust simply do not have wherewithal to gear up a big draft to start to pump in people into this particular conflict. on the political side you are not even going to get a draft army to fight when you have got this income discrepancy in society. plus, you keep constantly cutting the taxes on the wealthy so who is going to pay for all of this extra military stuff? and they do waste a tremendous amount. i can't s
smith said that will be a big issue for his committee. you start time is up, and you have senator inhofe who believes social issues should be part of the discussion. you can see some situations were a budget fight pops up in the military's budget is tied up in if transgender service members can serve. host: michael from illinois, retired military. good morning. caller: good morning. i agree with the report for two reasons. one political and one military. on the military side the situation is we...
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how big is that? if we look at the increase, the increase in the military budget since 2000 other words in september 11 the increase in the annual budget was more than 1.7% of gdp, roughly three times as much. so again as social security shortfall a big deal? the military budget increased and will increase. is three times a big deal. let's compare to something else. how much of the 1% increase their share of wealth over the last 30 years? that was about six percentage points of gdp. more than 10 times as much so if we are looking at the shortfall in social security and we are supposed to be really scared about it, the increase in wealth going to the richest 1% was about 10 times as much. so again if that is a big deal to the shortfall in social security's a big deal than an increase in wealth going to the 1%, the share the wealth is 10 times a big deal. the last point again, we are supposed to be scared about this. let's imagine, we aren't in this world but let's imagine a worker got their share of pr
how big is that? if we look at the increase, the increase in the military budget since 2000 other words in september 11 the increase in the annual budget was more than 1.7% of gdp, roughly three times as much. so again as social security shortfall a big deal? the military budget increased and will increase. is three times a big deal. let's compare to something else. how much of the 1% increase their share of wealth over the last 30 years? that was about six percentage points of gdp. more than...
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it is sort of this big sweeping documentary for the president's vision outlining what he would like to spend on when it comes to federal agencies and also highways, childcare, education, public health, climate change, and to your point, you are discussing this interplay between defense and nondefense spending, the biden administration beliefs domestic programs and education programs and public health and climate change and childcare and highways have been underfunded for too long in comparison to the amount of money that has been spent on the pentagon. this budget, over the course of 10 years, seeks to correct that and spend more money on those programs compared to military funding. like you said, it is something that is rarely enacted, this is a sweeping vision for the president, essentially a wish list for spending. host: the president is getting pushback from republicans, including lindsey graham who says the pentagon budget needs to be increased. how is the administration dealing with that? guest: he has not only getting pushback from republicans, he is getting pushback from democr
it is sort of this big sweeping documentary for the president's vision outlining what he would like to spend on when it comes to federal agencies and also highways, childcare, education, public health, climate change, and to your point, you are discussing this interplay between defense and nondefense spending, the biden administration beliefs domestic programs and education programs and public health and climate change and childcare and highways have been underfunded for too long in comparison...
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this is left as a big question mark. especially when we talk about 501(c) four organizations, we don't know where their money is coming from. it is not permitted for foreign nationals to donate money to candidates or parties, but if it is not disclosed, it is hard to say. this is something that remains mysterious to us. the more this gets looked at, whether it is in the special counsel investigation or other situations, i think this remains a very puzzling and potentially troubling question. host: this brings up a recent piece you did candidates this , cycle saying they will not take corporate money or at an -- are at an all-time high. guest: yes. this has been a trend on the campaign trail among democrats. there have been maybe a couple republicans here and there. this has taken off among the democratic party. there are currently 127 people running for congress who have pledged not to take corporate pack money. some of them have gone farther. beto o'rourke who is running against senator ted cruz has said he will take no
this is left as a big question mark. especially when we talk about 501(c) four organizations, we don't know where their money is coming from. it is not permitted for foreign nationals to donate money to candidates or parties, but if it is not disclosed, it is hard to say. this is something that remains mysterious to us. the more this gets looked at, whether it is in the special counsel investigation or other situations, i think this remains a very puzzling and potentially troubling question....
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there are going to have a summer and fall devoted to all of these big issues. we cannot have more cuts to defense. the world is getting even more dangerous and complex around us. think about the various threats from terrorism in syria. we have got to find another way. 18% of the federal budget but it has had to absorb 50% of the cut in sequestration. last year everyone said there is no way the sequester was going to happen. sure enough it happens. thatu have any confidence congress will do something to fix this? >> i do think we have made progress in explaining to people in congress and in the public that 2/3 of the federal budget is entitlements are mandatory spending programs. all of the abolish discretionary part of the budget, you would not have solved all of our issues. we will have to reform them in a way that pretax but exchanges in the future this is what we really need to solve. we have made progress in improving people's understanding. it is still up to us in the house and senate to begin to take real steps to begin to reform those entitlements. time
there are going to have a summer and fall devoted to all of these big issues. we cannot have more cuts to defense. the world is getting even more dangerous and complex around us. think about the various threats from terrorism in syria. we have got to find another way. 18% of the federal budget but it has had to absorb 50% of the cut in sequestration. last year everyone said there is no way the sequester was going to happen. sure enough it happens. thatu have any confidence congress will do...
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hurha ten the lead on this a he's ying to bring our government into e era of cloud computing, d is is big, b mk forward in bipartisan proess in getting waste t of government. as we speak, the ways and mes committee is holding major hearingoday on eming prgrowth tax refm. pro-growth means just that, owth of wages, growth of jobs, growth of opportunity and growth of our economy. also this weekth educati andorforce commtee animously approd biparsa legislatn to improve career and techca educaon. th wl make it eaero connect people with e skill they need to get good-paying, in demand jobs. i got to tell you wherever i go, i s in wcoin las week, we have real skills gap between the skills ople nd to get good jobs a t gd bs thaare out there being offed. this isomething that we really haveo dress, and'm very pasedhathe education and worforce committeis mong forwardn is gislation. later today, armed services coitehairman mac orerry wilunil the thd installntn his effort to streamle e pentagon's reaucracy and to improve the way that we del weapon sts. this ianssential part our efforts to rebuilour lit
hurha ten the lead on this a he's ying to bring our government into e era of cloud computing, d is is big, b mk forward in bipartisan proess in getting waste t of government. as we speak, the ways and mes committee is holding major hearingoday on eming prgrowth tax refm. pro-growth means just that, owth of wages, growth of jobs, growth of opportunity and growth of our economy. also this weekth educati andorforce commtee animously approd biparsa legislatn to improve career and techca educaon. th...
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i was a former education reporter, so that really caught my eye in terms of something that is big. we are also talking about an investment in climate change, historic at $14 billion, but this is again a wish list, so it remains to be seen how this will shake out. host: we will go first to john in chicago, good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i think it is simple, we need to stop wasteful spending. how are we trillions of dollars in debt, the greatest nation on earth? i will tell you why. it's because of people like bdien and -- biden and others, they are the cause of all of this going on in the u.s. right now. god bless president donald trump. that's all i got to say. guest: well, you raised a good point. many folks are concerned about the national debt and there's a lot of a conservative people who feel like there needs to be more focus on that. it's a big topic among economists in terms of are we spending too much and at what point does the federal debt become a problem. the only issue with that is th ere really isn't a tipping point. nobody is quite sure w
i was a former education reporter, so that really caught my eye in terms of something that is big. we are also talking about an investment in climate change, historic at $14 billion, but this is again a wish list, so it remains to be seen how this will shake out. host: we will go first to john in chicago, good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i think it is simple, we need to stop wasteful spending. how are we trillions of dollars in debt, the greatest nation on earth? i...
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finally, kind of the three big buckets here, big picture items. there is the not so little issue of the truth. whistleblowers, their stories need to be evaluated carefully, obviously because just think about it. their jobs are on the line. their reputations and they also have, in many cases, have a possible financial gain at stake. and i'm hoping that steve will talk about that in the litigation. i wasn't really ever aware of that. i wouldn't really pursue that but i had to be mindful that there was some financial benefit for these people coming forward. all that means is in the same way any reporter always has to assess the credibility of a source or the person they are intering, you just have to be that much more onguard for all of those reasons. the other issue that the intrinsic with all of this is that oftentimes the alleged bad behavior that the whistleblower is talking about has taken place behind closed doors. obviously there might be an audit trail. there might be documents, but many times they are talking about information that maybe onl
finally, kind of the three big buckets here, big picture items. there is the not so little issue of the truth. whistleblowers, their stories need to be evaluated carefully, obviously because just think about it. their jobs are on the line. their reputations and they also have, in many cases, have a possible financial gain at stake. and i'm hoping that steve will talk about that in the litigation. i wasn't really ever aware of that. i wouldn't really pursue that but i had to be mindful that...
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can't fight you big hall that is the problem today. that ple realize that constitution starts with we the people, not we the corporation. it never mentioned corporation in the constitution. the power y realized that they have that is what this book is all about. alliance of left-right on one area after another. they could have stopped and started they would not recognize our country in a lot of the world. people still mad at you in the democratic party? uest: yeah, they have a residual. not the average democratic voter liberal t i call the intel general sa. for gore everybody else being equal if you got tennessee you won. steal it in t florida they would have won. if he got clinton's arkansas he won. have he doesn't blame the green party. but it is easy to blame the part for these things. because they feel a little that they couldn't beat a bumbling governor from texas who had an awful record that was not paraded around the country by the democratic party during that campai campaign. host: why didn't you keep last time? guest: in 2012
can't fight you big hall that is the problem today. that ple realize that constitution starts with we the people, not we the corporation. it never mentioned corporation in the constitution. the power y realized that they have that is what this book is all about. alliance of left-right on one area after another. they could have stopped and started they would not recognize our country in a lot of the world. people still mad at you in the democratic party? uest: yeah, they have a residual. not the...
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talks big, but then proposes a small bill, a small act of congress. we have to make sure that we greatnessmessage of to the american people. country, people take surveys of what bothers people. you know what one of the issues that looms large is? traffic. traffic. it is a quality of life issue. ,o take your children to school instead of 15 minutes, it can take half an hour. this does not have to be. civilrican society of engineers has defined our infrastructure needs in trillions of dollars. when the president proposes a $200 billion proposal, what could he be thinking? mr. defazio mentioned president eisenhower. what president eisenhower proposed, the interstate highway system -- it was a national defense initiative, connecting america, connecting america. the author of the bill in the senate at the time -- in any case, this is about our national security. it is about job creation. 16 million jobs will spring from this proposal. it is about quality of life for the american people. the time they spend on their cars, what it means to result in air poll
talks big, but then proposes a small bill, a small act of congress. we have to make sure that we greatnessmessage of to the american people. country, people take surveys of what bothers people. you know what one of the issues that looms large is? traffic. traffic. it is a quality of life issue. ,o take your children to school instead of 15 minutes, it can take half an hour. this does not have to be. civilrican society of engineers has defined our infrastructure needs in trillions of dollars....
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. >> and my big brother joseph michael g oconee. 21 years, 21 seconds. the pain is still there, the grief is not something -- the new normal. joe, i held your first baby grandson in my arms. you should have been holding him. we love you and we miss you. >> and my firefighter jimmy richards. ogle jimmy, i am so proud -- uncle jimmy, i am so proud to be named after you. i wish i could have met you. my dad told me that you would love to watch me play basketball. you are always in my heart, and i know you are always watching over me. god bless america. [applause] ♪ >> firefighter gerard baskets. assistant chief gerard a. barbara. james william barr bella. >> victor barbosa. >> david michael parkway. >> matthew barnes. >> melissa rose barnes. >> she love patricia barnes. -- sheila patricia barnes. firefighter arthur thaddeus barry. >> diane g. barry. >> marise vincent barry. >> scott d. bart. >> ina b. basina. kenneth william bass nikki. >> stephen joseph bait. -- stephen joseph bates. >> i've been louise bautista -- ivan louise bautista. >> jasper baxter.
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the army is going to need a big lift, doable. they're going to have to move money out of those things absent $10 billion shortfall being fulfilled. which would certainly make it easier for the army here so, it is something that requires the chief, leadership secretary , mattis working with congress to achieve doable. members across the board support the army broadly. but the army had challenges. i want to put you on the spot a little bit. the ndaa just passed house. it set out an approach to funding the department of defense in particular, but in general, the army in particular. well above cap's, and yet the , vca caps are still. is there an end game here? i admit my crystal ball doesn't , show me one where we get to a change in the caps or is it realistic? we can probably all sit here and so, i thinkwe can probably all sit here and say, if the army was told you need $10 billion a year more for modernization but , you get no more to the top line, that is undoable task for any reasonable person. therefore, somewhere probably there
the army is going to need a big lift, doable. they're going to have to move money out of those things absent $10 billion shortfall being fulfilled. which would certainly make it easier for the army here so, it is something that requires the chief, leadership secretary , mattis working with congress to achieve doable. members across the board support the army broadly. but the army had challenges. i want to put you on the spot a little bit. the ndaa just passed house. it set out an approach to...
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we are big on holding hearings and beating our chests and saying this has to stop and of the big brass comes up to the hill and they say all the right words. they say we have a zero tolerance. chief prevention officer is charged with a sexual assault. but it doesn't end there. the bad news does not end there. the military just released, today, the sexual assault and prevention office report on how many sexual assaults took place military last year. guess what? by numbers have gone up 30%. from 19,000 sexual assaults and rapes in the military, last year's figure, to the most recent year's figures, up 26,000 rapes and sexual assaults in the military. for all the money we have been throwing at this issue, for all the prevention and all the rehabilitation and all of the training, the numbers keep going up. now this most recent report also 1/3, 1/3 of the women serving in the military reported that they were sexually harassed last year. this is an institution of military good discipline? good order? us to roll up our sleeves and do something real about this. we have got to stop nibbling aro
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that's not the real big driving number. but the contingency fund that's we ought tollion, be able to pull back from that unless we get involved in something else. we don't know. >> are you saying that the $400 billion is undoable or unreasonable? did it come from? >> maybe we should ask the military what their roles are and missions. what do we expect from the military? right now we've got 19 ships and forces in japan helping in a relief effort. i don't know if we still have people in haiti. but i wouldn't be surprised if we still do. any major tragedy that comes around the world, we expect the military to jump in and ride to the rescue. it all costs money. maybe we should just say we're not going do that anymore. that's a way to save some money. >> well that would be a big roles and missions change, wouldn't it? >> what is the role and mission? at some point the president decides we have some people at risk in a country, set up a no-fly zone. that costs money. >> realistically, do you see a day when this is a nation that w
that's not the real big driving number. but the contingency fund that's we ought tollion, be able to pull back from that unless we get involved in something else. we don't know. >> are you saying that the $400 billion is undoable or unreasonable? did it come from? >> maybe we should ask the military what their roles are and missions. what do we expect from the military? right now we've got 19 ships and forces in japan helping in a relief effort. i don't know if we still have people...
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big goal was to be reported to city council reporter. never happens. using the happened to me. say i briefly want to think everyone at this forum -- i was privileged a couple years ago to post a panel with senator mccain. we send all of our very best wishes to senator mccain. [applause] >> not a lot of people know everything about you yet. [laughter] >> that is good. >> so talk to us a little bit inut how you -- you got here terms of what now? talk to us about being the chief operating officer? talk about how you and secretary mattis divide up the pentagon, the world priorities, what he wants you to accomplish. >> it is probably last february when i got a phone call and it is jeff sweeney, the secretary for general mattis. i think it is a fraternity friend of my son. why would the chief of staff be calling me? this was for a job interview, and i went to the pentagon and the secretary's office and he has a round desk and it is sherman's desk and were doing a job interview and going back and forth and i asked him in the job interview, what is it that you would like to accomplish
big goal was to be reported to city council reporter. never happens. using the happened to me. say i briefly want to think everyone at this forum -- i was privileged a couple years ago to post a panel with senator mccain. we send all of our very best wishes to senator mccain. [applause] >> not a lot of people know everything about you yet. [laughter] >> that is good. >> so talk to us a little bit inut how you -- you got here terms of what now? talk to us about being the chief...
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guest: this is the big question. everyone in congress says that they would understand that everyone needs to tighten their belts, but what you heard from a lot of constituencies yesterday was -- not my program. not my national guard. not my bases. this is where you get to the paralysis. it is difficult to find the constituencies to make this stuff come together. tom, brooksville, florida, hi. caller: good morning. my question is made -- my question is the statement that was made to general mathis last year. he was commanding central command and he said that if you do not fund of the state department fully, i need to buy more ammunition ultimately. i would like to hear his comment on that. comment would be that i don't have the knowledge on good or bad to reduce the military on retiring, but it will have two effects, globally and continental wise. globally reducing the military means you have to increase diplomacy. that is part of it. i do not disagree with reducing the military, but what are we going to do to increas
guest: this is the big question. everyone in congress says that they would understand that everyone needs to tighten their belts, but what you heard from a lot of constituencies yesterday was -- not my program. not my national guard. not my bases. this is where you get to the paralysis. it is difficult to find the constituencies to make this stuff come together. tom, brooksville, florida, hi. caller: good morning. my question is made -- my question is the statement that was made to general...
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host: retention has been a big issue and a big concern of the services, especially given all the years of war. i can't speak specifically to that base but i can tell you for a lot of folks who did two, three, four even more deployments in iraq and enoughstan, there wasn't money in those and there are those exhausted from the making financial decisions. what we've seen in recent years from the obama administration congress is an effort to look at those retention issues. last year, we saw a major reform of the military retirement system, and is there a way to get more money to younger to younger ops, officers, 401k style plan that ight be more appealing than private sector stuff. this year, they're diving into military medical care issues, and will that make it more attractive than having to find private healthcare. but it's something they're and to the ng at caller's point, you know, there mid-career folks with a lot of experience they want to keep in to make sure the experience andat knowledge. host: also on our military line, it's don in west chester, pennsylvania. hey, there. caller:
host: retention has been a big issue and a big concern of the services, especially given all the years of war. i can't speak specifically to that base but i can tell you for a lot of folks who did two, three, four even more deployments in iraq and enoughstan, there wasn't money in those and there are those exhausted from the making financial decisions. what we've seen in recent years from the obama administration congress is an effort to look at those retention issues. last year, we saw a major...
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the 1980's in central america, the first thing you did was take tape and write letters on your car in big letters. as a journalist, you were afforded some level of respect as a non-competent. those were the days before the internet and for the rapid flow of river mission around the world. many of the people whom you were photographing or interviewing had no idea what the results of the work you do work. now, with internet cafes everywhere and access to the internet being increasingly common, the same militiaman you might have come across 20 years ago who would not have a clue what you do, that militiamen today can go down to the local internet cafe and see the results of your work. as a result, the power of information has been increasingly elevated and recognized and i think that has made journalism a more dangerous job than it once was. whether it is journalists being targeted because they are on one side of a conflict or the other war, in the case of many people in countries, journalists being targeted individually because of what they write and the results of the work is out there and
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a big piece of the fuselage, a big chunk of the forward tire and its main mounts had punched through the wall and are now resting outside between the b and the sea rings. so it's clear that this is the navy operations center. this is where i mentioned my friend that i had just been on the phone with, this is a guy i roomed with at the naval academy, my best friend -- my best man debt -- my best man at my wedding, this was my best friend. this is where he works. steve: his name? admiral thomas: captain bob dolan. my best friend. he was in there. i mentioned i was in the strategy and policy division when i first got to the pentagon and they stood this organization. this defense review. we had both gone to command our ships together at the same time. i finished just a little bit before he did and got that great job. and then i got pulled out of that job to be part of the special project. and he ended up in my job. justtioned that they had refurbished this wedge of the pentagon. he called me and said, do you know anybody that could find us room in the new operation center so we can have
a big piece of the fuselage, a big chunk of the forward tire and its main mounts had punched through the wall and are now resting outside between the b and the sea rings. so it's clear that this is the navy operations center. this is where i mentioned my friend that i had just been on the phone with, this is a guy i roomed with at the naval academy, my best friend -- my best man debt -- my best man at my wedding, this was my best friend. this is where he works. steve: his name? admiral thomas:...
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. >> how big of a priority is this for him now? [inaudible] >> when we can get it done. the president has talked about this -- i have talked about the fact that having an interim solution, this has to be done legislatively. that is what i think most people recognize will take some time to do, working with both the congress and the pentagon. i think the president will address this during his remarks later today. >> [inaudible] >> no. but in order to have that in during solution, this will have to be done legislatively. >> why hasn't the president changed his license plates on the presidential limousine? >> i think rather than change the logo around a license plate, the president is committed instead to changing the status of the district of columbia. >> but it is a symbol that a lot of people look at. >> i guess i would ask you to ask people in washington if it would like their status changed for the symbolism screwed on the back of a limousine. >> the previous president had a pretty good relationship with the colombian president. do you expect the new president to have -
. >> how big of a priority is this for him now? [inaudible] >> when we can get it done. the president has talked about this -- i have talked about the fact that having an interim solution, this has to be done legislatively. that is what i think most people recognize will take some time to do, working with both the congress and the pentagon. i think the president will address this during his remarks later today. >> [inaudible] >> no. but in order to have that in during...
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spending levels, but is a significant increase in the domestic program levels and you can expect pretty big increases in the department here. democrat, good morning. i am hearing about the -- since i was a kid, i am disabled, and i have had two strokes and two heart attacks, three back surgeries, and i am disabled. an ssi check which is six dollars a month, and they don't cover her medicine bill, and they say that is all she got, but there's so much money wasted, and the guy about the va is right, i am a veteran myself and i know how -- it is both sides. about, why don't we hear upper-class or middle-class but nobody mentions the bottom class? host: besides this budget deal that was approved there had been a side conversation about what theo with the dreamers, the democrats appeared that they don't want to agree to that, what is it going to be, the last big mitch mcconnell did on the floor early this morning, after they approved opening up the government was what? guest: he allowed for this debate to go forward, and for the debate to begin for next monday evening, so this is what cuts have
spending levels, but is a significant increase in the domestic program levels and you can expect pretty big increases in the department here. democrat, good morning. i am hearing about the -- since i was a kid, i am disabled, and i have had two strokes and two heart attacks, three back surgeries, and i am disabled. an ssi check which is six dollars a month, and they don't cover her medicine bill, and they say that is all she got, but there's so much money wasted, and the guy about the va is...
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private sector is a big part of this. as a consequence, the ability to wrap up the deal with but we are doing today is ongoing work, but more importantly, is building for the future because the idea is part of their role is not only dealing with what we deal with today, but how we wind up with a private sector and a government that is better organized and we are sending a clear message to those that would disrupt our systems that there are consequences? yes, i would not even say it is a learning curve. it is a building capacity. but they are not the only ones that have to deal with the spiris. host: james lewis, saw a quote asking private enterprise to help protect cybersecurity systems is like asking the airlines to protect the u.s. from air attack. what is your response? guest: i'm not sure that is valid. number one, if you boil it down to business needs, over the past years security is not a luxury, we realize. as part of the business process. it is still having an open system so we can do on-line transactions to be ab
private sector is a big part of this. as a consequence, the ability to wrap up the deal with but we are doing today is ongoing work, but more importantly, is building for the future because the idea is part of their role is not only dealing with what we deal with today, but how we wind up with a private sector and a government that is better organized and we are sending a clear message to those that would disrupt our systems that there are consequences? yes, i would not even say it is a...
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broken legs, laceration , the falling down hit your head type of stuff, we could handle them in our big open base. we have doctors that can do that. if you come in for a covid we've now freed up rooms for you to go inside the hospital where you have segregated rooms with bathrooms and all those things you need to treat infectious patients. not a doctor, i was an infantryman not a medical professional but my hunch is you'd want to do a co-location next to medical facilities. but that has to be worked out with local, state or municipality, to see how can we best support that if that's the support they need. reporter: 2,000 is the upper limit? secretary esper. that's what we can offer right now. reporter: somebody has a program to develop an antigen, like a vaccine, but it can shield troops or whoever from the disease until a vaccine becomes available. can you describe what the readiness level is or level of preparedness for any sort of covid therapeutic that may be in development by the military. secretary embing sper: i'm not sure, i hope to see them soon to find out where they are. with
broken legs, laceration , the falling down hit your head type of stuff, we could handle them in our big open base. we have doctors that can do that. if you come in for a covid we've now freed up rooms for you to go inside the hospital where you have segregated rooms with bathrooms and all those things you need to treat infectious patients. not a doctor, i was an infantryman not a medical professional but my hunch is you'd want to do a co-location next to medical facilities. but that has to be...
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i wonder, is this as big a concern as i think it is? when you talk to the public how do talk about teacher compensation issues? >> i think this is an important issue. it has a lot to do with people teach the concern about safety. we need to pay a little more attention of to the conditions -- teachers work under very one thing we must do to elevate the performance of our students is to protect our great teachers and acquire more great teachers and encourage great people to come into the teaching profession and experience the wonderful experiences of being a teacher. i've spent many years as a teacher. >> it is important that they take time to diss aggregate the data on where the teacher shortages are great showing where there are particular challenges in attracting teachers we need. many think there is an undersupply of teachers who are trained to work with english learners. for example teachers trained to work with those with disabilities. we want to make sure we target intervention to build that supply. that may make it more affordable
i wonder, is this as big a concern as i think it is? when you talk to the public how do talk about teacher compensation issues? >> i think this is an important issue. it has a lot to do with people teach the concern about safety. we need to pay a little more attention of to the conditions -- teachers work under very one thing we must do to elevate the performance of our students is to protect our great teachers and acquire more great teachers and encourage great people to come into the...
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you have a big problem. and that's the big problem that we've faced and it goes back to what mr. mccann just said, you have to be able to understand space and cyber. space and cyber are interesting. they're different, space command and cyber command in the military, but they fundamentally have the same mission, just work through two different domains. and the mission is to provide information, path ways for information and deny information to adversaries. if you think about what we do in space, it's those three things, what we do in cyber is those three things. we just do them in very different domains and that's why we have two different commands. to do those three things, you have to be able to control those domains and when you can't, you have a significant challenge, so to figure out how to expand the space, how to aggregate your capabilities in order to be lethal, disaggregate in order to survive. those kind of structures were not in the first iteration of the war fighting concept and that's why it failed. so there were a lot of questions in your question, so hopefully i add
you have a big problem. and that's the big problem that we've faced and it goes back to what mr. mccann just said, you have to be able to understand space and cyber. space and cyber are interesting. they're different, space command and cyber command in the military, but they fundamentally have the same mission, just work through two different domains. and the mission is to provide information, path ways for information and deny information to adversaries. if you think about what we do in space,...
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you go to the air and space museum and see how big these drones are. give us a sense of the size and scale here. lethality of the drone in a lot of ways is based on the size and the warhead it can carry. drones are best at spotting things. they are best at flying over targets, staying over for a long time, flying into a dangerous place and spotting targets without putting a pilot at risk. the most dangerous thing about drone is its ability to spot targetsplace and spotting targes without putting a pilot at and r designator on it. it can guide a munition to the target. that makes it one of the most dangerous things on the battlefield even if it is small. the shrinking size of sensors and electronics has made small drones even more lethal from an information perspective. the more information they can gather, more lethal the united states military is going to be because they can employ precision weapons. position weapons. just because it is small does not mean it is not a threat. we go back to the imaginations that get -- ammunitions. the israelis are mar
you go to the air and space museum and see how big these drones are. give us a sense of the size and scale here. lethality of the drone in a lot of ways is based on the size and the warhead it can carry. drones are best at spotting things. they are best at flying over targets, staying over for a long time, flying into a dangerous place and spotting targets without putting a pilot at risk. the most dangerous thing about drone is its ability to spot targetsplace and spotting targes without...
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was this big clunky thing we werexperiment in with. we never did it of courseut if you get a car do you have all sorts of collision avoidance sensors to protect you from having an accident. the technology on aircraft, jumborown his chief of staff of their force and the chairman has talked to me about getting a chance to flyome newer aircraft. he isn f-1 driver. the degree of automation that is gotten into the systems. the judgment i made that was we were ready to making major commitment to a war fighting autonomous sysm. and that the air force had a couple problems. one was that we were not doing as well in terms of cost to change rations that would like to against the facing challenge. anotheras the cost, unit cost of aircraft was much too high. f-35 is around $100 million. the platform which i i started when i was in osb is going to be multiples of that. you can't affor an air force o any reasonable size of us which are paying for individual airplanes. we needed to introduce in the four structure that is cost-effective and that is af
was this big clunky thing we werexperiment in with. we never did it of courseut if you get a car do you have all sorts of collision avoidance sensors to protect you from having an accident. the technology on aircraft, jumborown his chief of staff of their force and the chairman has talked to me about getting a chance to flyome newer aircraft. he isn f-1 driver. the degree of automation that is gotten into the systems. the judgment i made that was we were ready to making major commitment to a...
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what you end up doing is you go vote on a big piece of legislation. whatever party in the minority will put this forth this motion to recommit votes. it is truly controversial. so, it is mostly people who are making thoughtful decisions about pieces of legislation because they can't and don't want to. just vote with the party to do so. they are the ones who are sometimes voting with the minority and vice versa. they really serve no purpose. they do serve a purpose -- it is later to use for attack ads. the really interesting thing is they are actually one of the most interesting times to be on the floor. you are on the floor because you just voted and that is when the motion to recommit goes forth. and then there is debate. you have almost every member of congress on the floor because we just voted. the motion to recommit comes up and you don't go anywhere. you have hundreds of people engaged, engaged together on what they are debating. wouldn't it be a beautiful thing if you were actually sitting there, almost all members of congress watching them deb
what you end up doing is you go vote on a big piece of legislation. whatever party in the minority will put this forth this motion to recommit votes. it is truly controversial. so, it is mostly people who are making thoughtful decisions about pieces of legislation because they can't and don't want to. just vote with the party to do so. they are the ones who are sometimes voting with the minority and vice versa. they really serve no purpose. they do serve a purpose -- it is later to use for...
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cooperation, and from defense and diplomacy working together with agency partners and allies, allies big and small. and that's how he is marshaling our government's response to the covid-19 pandemic and it's how he started to take on some of the most challenging threats we take on around the world. mr. president, thank you so much for visiting us today and for the trust and confidence you placed in us. we will do all we can to make sure that you and vice president harris are always leading from that position of strength. and madam vice president, i know that you share the president's vision and that you believe strongly in the work that we do to defend our nation. in your lifetime of support to the american people and your outstanding and outspoken support of service members, especially our veterans, gives me great confidence that you will fight to make sure that our military remains the strongest and the most capable fighting force on the planet. so we are grateful for your support and i look forward to working with you to tackle our country's most pressing security challenges in the ye
cooperation, and from defense and diplomacy working together with agency partners and allies, allies big and small. and that's how he is marshaling our government's response to the covid-19 pandemic and it's how he started to take on some of the most challenging threats we take on around the world. mr. president, thank you so much for visiting us today and for the trust and confidence you placed in us. we will do all we can to make sure that you and vice president harris are always leading from...
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i went back to the office and wheeze started noticing there was a big run on gas, and mckay we buy our gas from -- the guy we buy our gas from said there will be a run on gas and there may be a gas shortage. we are told we may not be able to get it because the financial part of the transactions, because room of the financial sector got hit them and we may not be able to get gas, so if you're going to get some come get it now, so actually had to go the bank and pull out a bunch of cash, which that makes a problem have to pull cash out, but that is what he said, and we got fuel, 50 gallon barrels, and started filling up gas and started making arrangements to get supplies, so as a business owner in the service industry, you start making changes. i was young. maybe i was 23, 24 years old, on making changes as quick as i could, and that is the way that they want for me. some things changed my life later on, obviously, but that was the first day. >> september 11, i was home at the time. i was a full-time mom. i was in my kitchen. it was early in the morning in oregon, and i remember my son w
i went back to the office and wheeze started noticing there was a big run on gas, and mckay we buy our gas from -- the guy we buy our gas from said there will be a run on gas and there may be a gas shortage. we are told we may not be able to get it because the financial part of the transactions, because room of the financial sector got hit them and we may not be able to get gas, so if you're going to get some come get it now, so actually had to go the bank and pull out a bunch of cash, which...
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mcdonnell douglas and all the big aeronautical companies. because the more weapons that he can -- that the arms committee can convince the president that they need, the better the sales for the aeronautical companies. host: thank you. trump obviously has been really involved in the defense industry. he has gotten involved directly with the coo's of boeing and lockheed martin. we have to wait and see how the deals play out. host: as a military contractor looking through these increases, what goes through my mind? guest: the industry is excited. the prospect of a bigger defense budget is certainly exciting to ism because the military also aging and they will be looking to buy new things that will need to be built. but it is unclear how quickly the industry will be able to ramp up after a couple of years of not building. host: what is the timeframe? even if he got the money, how long is it before we see weapons or refurbished weapons come out on the line? guest: it will be years, especially shipyards. it takes a long time to build an aircraft c
mcdonnell douglas and all the big aeronautical companies. because the more weapons that he can -- that the arms committee can convince the president that they need, the better the sales for the aeronautical companies. host: thank you. trump obviously has been really involved in the defense industry. he has gotten involved directly with the coo's of boeing and lockheed martin. we have to wait and see how the deals play out. host: as a military contractor looking through these increases, what...